Well, I’m back! It’s been several months, but I’m excited to be writing here again. I’ve taken breaks every now and then in the seven years since I ...
We are currently in the middle of one of my least-favorite times of the year – winter. Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of aspects of the ...
If you’re like me, you don’t need to read another post about *gestures wildly* what’s going on in the world today. If you’re also like me, you’re being ...
Over the years, I’ve learned many different techniques to help manage my anxiety. Some of them have proven to be extremely helpful (I’ve written before ...
As aging bodies decline, the brain loses the ability to cleanse itself of waste, a scenario that scientists think could be contributing to neurodegenerative ...
Riddle me this: how can it be that reading these words activates nearly identical word-sensitive patches of the brain's visual system in you and nearly ...
Since the beginning of time, books have played an important role in human civilization. From engraving text onto walls to putting pen to paper, ...
For more than three decades, scientists have been racing to stop Alzheimer's disease by removing amyloid beta plaques -- sticky clumps of toxic protein that ...
Neuroscientists have discovered how the brain distinguishes between visual motion occurring in the external world from that caused by the observer moving ...
A genetic mutation found in two human patients with schizophrenia also increased schizophrenia-related behaviors in mice with the same mutation, a rare ...